BOSTON, Mass. – The Stony Brook University women's track and field team came out strong in day one of the ECAC Championships on Saturday at Boston University.
 
Sophomore Fiona McLoughlin earned a fourth-place overall finish and set a new personal best in the 5000 meter with a final time of 16:45.07. McLoughlin surpassed the previous first-place time of 16:48.69 from the 2020 championships.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• McLoughlin earned a fourth-place overall finish and set a new personal best in the 5000 meter with a final time of 16:45.07. Nicole Garcia followed behind in ninth place with a final time of 16:59.63, also setting a new personal best.
• Danella Dawkins clocked in at 8.84 to secure a top 10 finish in the semi-finals and a new personal best in the 60 meter hurdles.

• The 4x400 relay squad comprised of Kaylee Hammond, Jada Hodge, Dana Cerbone, Enyero Omokeni finished with a combined time of 3:49.31 which was good for a fifth-place finish in prelims. With their time, the relay team will advance to the finals on Sunday.

 
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Good first day, we got most of what we had hoped to do done. I felt that the 5000m finals went well, Nicole just got unlucky not to score, but had a big personal best performance. Women's 4x400 had a very strong performance in qualifying for tomorrow's finals. Tomorrow, we have some finals to look forward to, particularly the men's mile, but also excited for both 3000m races and the 4 x400," said head coach Andrew Ronan.
 
UP NEXT
The Seawolves are back in action tomorrow, March 6, for the final day of the ECAC Championships.